Management of Mobile Device Communication Sessions to Reduce User Distraction

1. An automated method of managing a mobile communications device based on usage conditions, the method comprising: assessing at least a motion-based context of the mobile communications device while a voice call is in progress between the user of the mobile communications device and an additional party, wherein said motion-based context is assessed via an automated analysis of sensor data on the mobile communications device, and is reflective of a level of user risk associated with using the mobile communications device; in response to detecting a change in said motion-based context while the voice call is in progress, sending a context change notification message reflective of the change in said motion-based context from the mobile communications device to a communication management system, wherein management by the communication management system of at least one of incoming requests for communication to the mobile communications device, outgoing requests for communication from the mobile communications device, and ongoing communications including the mobile communication device is defined in terms of a most recently received context change notification message, without requiring the communication management system to communicate with the mobile communications device, and wherein a context change notification message is transmitted only upon detecting a change in said motion-based context; and determining, at said communication management system, whether a precautionary action should be taken in response to the change in the motion-based context of the mobile communications device to protect said user, wherein the result of said determining corresponds to the management defined in terms of the received mobile communication device context state, and wherein the precautionary action does not cause a modification of at least one of communication reception functionality and a power state of the mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using a profile of the user to select a particular precautionary action to be taken in response to the change in the motion-based context of the mobile communications device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing said precautionary action to be taken in response to the change in the motion-based context of the mobile communications device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the precautionary action is termination of the voice call.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising automatically causing said user and said party to be reconnected after a motion-based context that gave rise to termination of the voice call ceases to exist.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the precautionary action playing of an audible warning message on a voice channel of said voice call.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the change in motion-based context is a transition from a non-transit context to a transit context.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the change in motion-based context is a transition from a first transit context to a second transit context.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the change in motion-based context is a transition of the mobile communications device into a geospatial zone, said geospatial zone being a bounded geographic region defined in the mobile communications device.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, at said communication management system, using a rule defined for said geospatial zone and mobile communications device to determine whether a precautionary action should be taken in response to the transition into the geospatial zone.

11. An automated method of managing a mobile communications device based on usage conditions, the method comprising: assessing at least a motion-based context of the mobile communications device while a voice call is in progress between the user of the mobile communications device and an additional party, wherein the motion-based device context corresponds to processing, at the mobile communications device, a set of inputs associated with a current mobile communication device environment; in response to detecting a change in said motion-based context while the voice call is in progress, sending a context change notification message reflective of the change in said motion-based context from the mobile communications device to a communication management system, wherein management by the communication management system of at least one of incoming requests for communication to the mobile communications device, outgoing requests for communication from the mobile communications device, and ongoing communications including the mobile communications device is defined in terms of a most recently received context change notification message, without requiring the communication management system to communicate with the mobile communications device, and wherein a context change notification message is transmitted only upon detecting a change in said motion-based context; and determining, at said communication management system, whether a precautionary action should be taken in response to the context change notification message, wherein the result of said determining corresponds to the management defined in terms of the received mobile communication device context state, and wherein the precautionary action does not cause a modification of at least one of communication reception functionality and a power state of the mobile communication device.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising using a profile of the user to select a particular precautionary action to be taken in response to the context change notification message.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising causing said precautionary action to be taken in response to the context change notification message.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the precautionary action is termination of the voice call.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising automatically causing said user and said party to be reconnected after a motion-based condition that gave rise to termination of the voice call ceases to exist.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the precautionary action playing of an audible warning message on a voice channel of said voice call.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the change in motion-based context is a transition from a non-transit context to a transit context.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the change in motion-based context is a transition from a first transit context to a second transit context.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the change in motion-based context is a transition of the mobile communications device into a geospatial zone, said geospatial zone being a bounded geographic region defined in the mobile communications device.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising, at said communication management system, using a rule defined for said geospatial zone and mobile communications device to determine whether a precautionary action should be taken in response to the transition into the geospatial zone.